Rural Appalachia struggles with healthcare issues significantly more than other areas across the country.

People in the Appalachian Highlands are dying from heart disease, cancer, COPD, injury, stroke, suicide, and diabetes more than people in any other region across the United States.

Finding out you have a significant health challenge is scary for all of us.

For individuals in our community with no health insurance and dealing with financial hardship, getting this news brings desperation and hopelessness. Knowing their lives depend on treatment they may not be able to receive affects their mental health, their families, and their hope for the future.

We believe that health is a fundamental right, not a privilege, and we are committed to making this a reality.

Appalachian Mountain Project Access is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that strives to eliminate healthcare gaps by providing meaningful access to healthcare through a coordinated system of primary, specialty, ancillary, hospital, supportive, and social services for the low income, uninsured, and medically needy residents of the Appalachian Highlands.